Definition of "bloat" in English

verb

1. To cause to become distended.

2. (intransitive, veterinary medicine) To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.

3. To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.

4. (intransitive) To become distended; to swell up.

5. To fill with vanity or conceit.

   • 1675, John Dryden, Prologue to Circe by Dr. Davenant Encourage him, and bloat him up with Praise

6. (dated) To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking.

   • bloated herring

7. To increase to an excessive amount.

noun

1. Distention of the abdomen from death.

2. (veterinary medicine) Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant.

3. (figurative) Wasteful use of space or other resources.

   • Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat.

4. (derogatory, slang, dated) A worthless, dissipated fellow.

5. (collective) A group of hippopotamuses.

adjective

1. (obsolete) bloated.